FirstBarOfSession true on every tick?

[NutFlush]

Hi,

I am programming a strategy that runs on every tick. The first thing I want it to check in the OBU is if Bars.FirstBarOfSession == true.

When does this return "true" for a strategy that has "Calculate On Bar Close = false"?
a) on every tick while the first bar is building
b) only when the first bar was completed

What if I have 2 symbols? Will it return true/false according to the current BIP or only for the main symbol?

Thanks,
NutFlush

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hi NutFlush,

Thank you for your post.

FirstBarOfSession will return true when the CurrentBar is the First bar of the session. With COBC set to false it will return true the entire time the bar is being built until it closes.

With more than one symbol it will return all the BIPs that are true for that case since it's pulling the info from the chart.

If the symbols have different sessions templates you will see Bars.FBOS become true from different times.

[Harry]

If you have different bars series you could also use

BarsArray[0].FirstBarOfSession (while BarsInProgress == 0)
BarsArray[1].FirstBarOfSession (while BarsInProgress == 1)

[NutFlush]

Will try that! Thanks Harry!